List of Famous people born in August

Mustafa Kapı is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lille OSC.

Massimo Tononi is an Italian banker and politician. Chairman of Banco BPM.

Anthony David Francis Henry Fane, 16th Earl of Westmorland, styled Lord Burghersh until 1993, is a British peer and outdoorsman.

Volker Hauff is a German politician of the SPD.

Zhao Yunlei is a mixed and women's doubles badminton player from China. She graduated with a BA from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. She is the first and only badminton player to have ever won two gold medals in the same Olympic edition, winning in both the mixed and women's doubles categories in 2012. Zhao joins the ranks with nine other players with two Olympic gold medals, the highest number of gold medals won by any badminton player. Through her performance at the 2014 and 2015 BWF World Championships, she became the first player to win two consecutive gold medals in two consecutive BWF World Championships.